In June, July, and August of 2008, Kensington is reissuing the first five stories in the SG-5 series. These mass market editions are intitially exclusive to Wal-Mart with a $4.97 sticker price.

AT RISK is the single title novel originally released as THE BANE AFFAIR. IN DANGER combines the two novellas published in 2004 as THE SHAUGHNESSEY ACCORD and THE SAMMS AGENDA. DEEP TROUBLE does the same with the two 2005 standalone novellas THE BEACH ALIBI (a 2005 Quill Award nominee) and THE MCKENZIE ARTIFACT. The series then continues with LARGER THAN LIFE, DEEP BREATH and BEYOND A SHADOW, with additional characters appearing in THE PERFECT STRANGER and the December 2008 release, MAXIMUM EXPOSURE. Two more connected books will follow.

The SG-5 series has been described by reviewers as similar to the Die Hard movies, I Spy, James Bond, Mission: Impossible, and the television show ALIAS which was the original inspiration.

About AT RISK (The Bane Affair), Booklist says:

In a radical departure from her usual style, Kent launches a new series of fast-moving, earthy, and graphic encounters between the hand-picked members of Hank Smithson's elite paramilitary counterespionage network and their nemesis, Spectra. Christian Bane was Hank's first recruit, and his task is to impersonate a sleazy archcriminal named Peter Deacon with a penchant for kinky sex who has arranged to acquire the backdoor entry to the CIA's data-encryption program from Dr. Wickham Bow, an eccentric genius whose health is failing. Bow's goddaughter, Natasha Gaudet, is also his personal assistant, and Bow instructs her to keep Deacon happy--with predictable consequences. This contemporary romance relies on a host of stereotypical, almost cartoonlike supporting characters (the evil scientific genius, the boy wonder with a crush on the sexy assistant) who alternately shock and amuse with their escapades in a Mission Impossible-type scenario, but the premise is well executed and clearly meant to appeal to a wide readership. Lynne Welch
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About IN DANGER (The Shaughnessey Accord), Booklist says:

Second in the Smithson Group (SG-5) series, this novella-length tale focuses on the exploits of Tripp Shaughnessey. He is currently assigned to the SG-5 Manhattan operations center on a stakeout of a diamond merchant's illicit dealings with the international crime syndicate, Spectra IT, and his base of operations is the corner sandwich shop run by Glory Brighton, who fascinates Tripp for reasons he doesn't understand. Using a surveillance feed tapped into Glory's security cameras, he hopes to catch the crooks red-handed, but while he takes a break to nuzzle with Glory in her storeroom, yet another criminal element invades the storefront, taking the customers and employees hostage in order to protect their own diamond dealings. This concise spin-off from The Bane Affair [BKL S 1 04] is the first of a series of interconnected short romances that will follow in successive months (next up is The Samms Agenda), and that will, according to the publisher, eventually answer all burning and unresolved questions. Lynne Welch
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BOOKLIST

No Limits - Maximum Exposure - Kiss & Tell - Deep Trouble - In Danger - At Risk - Tex Appeal - The Perfect Stranger - Beyond A Shadow - Infatuation - The Complete Idiot's Guide To Writing Erotic Romance - Deep Breath - Goes Down Easy - Red Letter Nights - Totally Charmed - Kiss & Makeup - Undressed - Larger Than Life - Beach Blanket Bad Boys - The McKenzie Artifact - The Beach Alibi - The Samms Agenda - The Shaughnessey Accord - The Bane Affair - Mother, Please! - Indiscreet - Wicked Games - Jingle Bell Rock - Striptease - The Sweetest Taboo - Bound To Happen - No Strings Attached - Roped Into Romance - All Tied Up - Love In Bloom - Four Men & A Lady - Love Me Tender - The Badge And The Baby - The Grinch Makes Good - The Heartbreak Kid - Call Me - Playing Love's Odds

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